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PatAented Sept. I8, |900.

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UNITED STATES y PATENT Omen.

GEORGE W. KREBS, OF CONWAY SPRINGS, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO FRANK POWE, OF SAME PLACE. i

GAME.;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o. 658,319, dated September 18, 1900.

Application filed June 6, 1900. Serial No. 19,320. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it mld/y concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KREBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conway Springs, in the county of Sumner andv State of Kansas, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvementsin Games; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to games, and particularly to the class employing game-boards. The object of the invention is to produce a game of this character which will be interesting and in which considerable skill and proficiency will be required to successfullyl play the same.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of such a game-board and of the method or manner of playing the game, as will be hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fignre l is a plan View of the game-board arranged for playing. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the cannon. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a rear end view.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a board provided on all its edges with a flange 2. Each corner of the board 1 may be made more or less ornamental to form a base 3, on whichis mounted a gun or cannon 4, from which is.

adapted to be projected a ball or other projectile for a purpose hereinafter to appear. The said cannon 4 is preferably constructed as follows:

5 denotes a block swiveled to the base 3 at each corner of the board 1.

6 denotes the barrel rigidly fixed on the blocks and consisting of a cylinder open at each end and provided near the breech end on its upper side with an opening 6a for the insertion of a projectile. 7 denotes a plunger having a sliding engagement within said barrel and being provided on its outer end with an enlargement or breech-block 8. 9 denotes a curved metal plate partially encircling said breechblock and Xed thereto, the lower ends of which extend down- Wardly and are provided with inwardly-upturned anges 10, which have a sliding engagement with the depending flanges 12 of a rearwardly-extending supporting bracket or guideway 13, fixed to the block 5 and adapted to guide and support the plunger 7 when the same is withdrawn from the barrel in position for firing, the body of said bracket. being curved to conform -to the shape of the cylindrical plunger.

14 denotes a flat spring fixedl at its inner end to the bracketfl and having its free end protruding beyond the rear end of the said bracket toforin a trigger. Near the trigger end of said spring I provide an upwardly-extendinf1`fpin`15, which protrudes through an opening in said bracket and is adapted toengage an orifice or slot 16, formed in the under side of said breech-block. The pin 15 has its upper end beveled olf, so that when the breech-block of the plunger on being retracted comes into contact with said pin it will readily push said .pin down through the opening in said bracket and ride over the same until the slot 16 in said breech-block alines with the opening in said bracket,when the spring 14 will cause the pin 15 to Iiy up into said openings and'hold said breech-block and plunger in their retracted position.

17 denotes hooks fixed on each side of the block 5, to which are adapted to beattached the ends of an elastic band which passes around the end of the enlargement or breechblock 8 of the plunger and through a staple or guide 18, fixed in the rear end of the same. The depending ianges 12 of the bracket 13 have their outer ends turned slightly inwardly to form stops 19 to limit the rearward movement of the plunger.

The center of the game-board may be provided with a suitable counter 20, preferably arranged as shown and consisting of a circle marked upon said board and provided with two or more sets of scale markings. Pivoted to the board in the center of said circle are two hands or pointers 2l and 22, which are adapted to be moved by the players to indicate the points on the scale.

23 denotes the game-pieces or men with which each player is provided and are preferably six in number for each player.

The game may be played by two or four IOO players. When four are playing, the two players sitting beside each other play as partners against the two sitting opposite. The men 'or pieces are arranged, preferably, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and the game is played by each player shooting in` turn at the men of the opponent player sitting opposite, the number of men knocked down at each shot counting so many points in the game, which are indicated by said player on the counter in the center of the board by moving his pointer the required number of points on the circular scale. Of course when partners are playing their points are counted together as one player. The

-player irst reaching the required number of points or rst knocking down all of his opponents men wins the game.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction of my game-board and the manner of playing the game Will be readily understood, and a further description of the same is not deemed necessary.

Having thus described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a game, the combination of the board 1 provided with the flanges 2; cannon 4 pivotally mounted on the four corners of said board, the said cannon consisting of a block a barrel 16 ixed on said block, a reciprocating plunger 7, having on its outer end an i enlargement or breech block 8, a curved plate 9` fixed on said breeoh-b1ock,inwardly. upturnedlianges 10 formed on the lower ends of said plate,`a rearwardlyextending bracket 13 fixed to said block 5, depending guideanges 1,2 projecting downwardly from said bracket and adapted to be engaged by the said Iianges 10 to guide said breech-block and plunger inAtheir movements, a spring and trigger 14 fixed at one end to said bracket, a beveled oatchepinl Xed to said spring and lying normally in the path of a slot 16 formed in the under side of said breech-block to hold said block and plunger in their reciprocated position, hooks 17 tixed on each side ofvsaid block 5, an elastic band adapted to be passed around said breech-block and plunger and having its ends connected to said hooks, an opening in the top of said barrel near the breech thereof for the insertion of a projec tile, game-pieces or men 23 adapted to be arranged upon said game-board, and a'oonnter arranged in the center of said board, and consisting of the movable hands 2l and 22 pivoted in the center of said board and adapted to be moved around a circular scale of points, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. l

GEORGE w. KREBs.

Witnesses:

J EssE HAGAN, FRANK ACHELPOHL. 

